Esiarambatsi Health Center is a community health institution initiated by the local community members to promote their health wellbeing. The local community used to walk several kilometers before they could access a health facility as a result most of them lost their lives due to this. The area is one of the hard ship areas in Kenya and the dispensary is understaffed hence a load to the doctor in charge who has the responsibility to ensure that all community members are served with quality services. Since the establishment of the institution it has enabled many of the community members to be involved in productive activities thus ensuring that their children are able to attend school due to good health.
The health institution also offers an opportunity where the community members come together to enhance the process of implementation of community development activities and thus champion on a common course that is to improve the living standards of the local community members. The initiation of Esiarambatsi Health Center came in handy with the many challenges that affect the community. Their struggles can be defined as follows: Alcoholism, drug and substance abuse; unreliable and unevenly distributed rainfall; early pregnancy for teenage girls.
The majority of community members are subsistence farmers whose harvest in not even enough to cater for the wellbeing of their families for a session. Due to poor farming techniques there has been a series of environmental degradation, with which has come up several diseases that have affected the children such as malnutrition.
Project activities:
The facility offers health services to the local community members.
Volunteer tasks:
The volunteers will be assigned duties in the health facility according to your interest.
Minimum stay:
3 months
Maximum stay:
12 months
Financial contribution:
Participation fees is Euro 200 per month paid upfront on arrival to cover the entire duration of placement at the project and monthly payment of participation fees is not allowed for conventional purposes.
What is included in the participation fee? •Airport transfers •Accommodation and food while in the project (breakfast and dinner will be provided in project) •Orientation and evaluation including board •Transport to and from the project
What is not included in the participation fee? •Cost of drinks like soda, bear, mineral water etc. •Cost of sight seeing •Visa costs •Local traveling
Usife Moyo Women Group is a community based organization which was established in 2005 to spearhead community driven development initiatives and women empowerment. It also integrates different affiliated community groups to participate in development projects. Women are the centre of empowerment to urbanize their own community.
Vision - Better future and right livelihood for families and individuals in our village, to protect women rights and children. Mission - To facilitate needy community groups into action through integrated activities and support to orphans and vulnerable children through home based care and community projects Objectives - The purpose of the organization is to provide education amongst the OVC population, promote the place of women within the community and to promote economic empowerment amongst youth and women in within.
Project activities:
Academic development, capacity building of members and community groups, developing microfinance initiatives within the community.
Volunteer tasks:
Time management and efficiency; Developing a Business plan; Developing financial statements; Money management and project planning (as well as looking at the obstacles faced in their current projects); Developing strategies for writing grant proposals (keeping in mind that you cannot rely on grants for operation); Community outreach and recruitment; Microfinance and reallocation of physical labour importance; Transparency/Accountability, Budgeting and Communication- Functioning like a CBO.
Minimum stay:
3 months
Maximum stay:
12 months
Financial contribution:
Participation fees is Euro 200 per month paid upfront on arrival to cover the entire duration of placement at the project and monthly payment of participation fees is not allowed for conventional purposes.
What is included in the participation fee? •Airport transfers •Accommodation and food while in the project (breakfast and dinner will be provided in project) •Orientation and evaluation including board •Transport to and from the project
What is not included in the participation fee? •Cost of drinks like soda, bear, mineral water etc. •Cost of sight seeing •Visa costs •Local traveling
Youth Empowerment Program/Microfinance Development
Project background:
Kipepeo Community Empowerment Program is a community Based Organization initiated in October 2009 to help spearhead community driven development initiatives and enable needy community groups participate in integrated development to achieve quality livelihood from; orphanage and rehabilitation of street children, support vulnerable children, voluntary work to various community projects, Community Savings and loaning , HIV/AIDS trainings & awareness Campaigns, Capacity Building, Organic Farming, Fish Farming, Clay Works, Computer Services and Eco-Tourism and Environmental Management.
The program is also designed to respond to Emuhaya youths’ needs and assets; the KCEP Project aims to empower youth to make sound career and life decisions as they transition from high school to the next phase of their lives. The project is also building the capacity of local institutions and networks to sustain the much needed services that KCEP will provide. Specifically, the KCEP Project intends to offers youth a series of inter-connected interventions to: build skills, facilitate appropriate career choices, provide employment and/or income generating opportunities, bridge technical and university education opportunities and provide fun and safe spaces.
Project activities:
Cyber café project; Free computer training to orphans and vulnerable youths; community microfinance project; street kids, orphans and vulnerable children support project; Eco-tourism development.
Volunteer tasks:
Monitoring and supervision of the microfinance group meetings; Capacity building trainings of the groups through small business development skills; Business awareness information trainings; Data collection of microfinance groups meetings performance summaries; Updating the microfinance data base;
Financial contribution:
Participation fees is Euro 200 per month paid upfront on arrival to cover the entire duration of placement at the project and monthly payment of participation fees is not allowed for conventional purposes.
What is included in the participation fee?
Airport transfers •Accommodation and food while in the project (breakfast and dinner will be provided in project) •Orientation and evaluation including board •Transport to and from the project
What is not included in the participation fee?
•Cost of drinks like soda, bear, mineral water etc. •Cost of sight seeing •Visa costs •Local traveling
Kipawa Community Resource Center is a community Based Organization initiated in June 2011 to help spearhead community driven development initiatives and enable needy community groups participate in integrated development to achieve quality livelihood. The Kipawa Community Resource Center is based in Kathonzweni Eastern Province, Kenya. Its mission is to establish sustainable initiatives on community education, agriculture, health care, income generation, environment, orphans/widows and youth led affairs.
Project activities:
Orphan feeding program; Capacity building, training in Leadership and group Management skills; Placement of volunteers to various groups with different activities in relation to their skills and interest; Mobilization of community groups into savings and loaning- initiation of community based micro finance; Environmental management and conservation; HIV/AIDS awareness, management, training and Home Based Care; Internal and external inter cultural exchange programs; Organic farming and protection of indigenous plants; Computer Services, Typesetting, Printing and photocopying to the community. This will enhance the process of enhancing computer literacy and informational technology among the local people; Community library to promote literacy; Business Development Services.
Volunteer tasks:
Kipawa provides opportunities for individuals to participate in community development thorough volunteer placements. We have vacancies in the fields of teaching, working with physically challenged children, youth and women groups, micro-finance, HIV/AIDS programs and environmental conservation.
Financial contribution:
Participation fees is Euro 200 per month paid upfront on arrival to cover the entire duration of placement at the project and monthly payment of participation fees is not allowed for conventional purposes.
What is included in the participation fee?
•Airport transfers •Accommodation and food while in the project (breakfast and dinner will be provided in project) •Orientation and evaluation including board •Transport to and from the project
What is not included in the participation fee?
•Cost of drinks like soda, bear, mineral water etc. •Cost of sight seeing •Visa costs •Local traveling
The home was started in 2002 and it’s situated in Kayole Eastland’s part of Nairobi. They have a total of 75 orphans; they take children who are neglected by their parents, those who are thrown away, and those whose parents are dead. The orphans range from 4 months to 20 years. They go to a nearby school in Umoja, where they commute every day.
Project activities:
The home provides the following services to the children:
basic needs provision, academic development; guidance and counseling; career development initiatives.
Volunteer tasks:
The project provides opportunities for individuals to participate in:
Playing with kids after school. Babysitting the small kids; Feeding the children; General cleaning [washing clothes, bathing the kids, cleaning their rooms, changing the babies diapers] all this will be done by the help of the workers in the orphanage; Helping to prepare meals and washing the dishes; Since they have a cow the volunteer can help in feeding the cow; Taking the children to school especially the small ones.
Financial contribution:
Participation fees is Euro 200 per month paid upfront on arrival to cover the entire duration of placement at the project and monthly payment of participation fees is not allowed for conventional purposes.
What is included in the participation fee?
•Airport transfers •Accommodation and food while in the project (breakfast and dinner will be provided in project) •Orientation and evaluation including board •Transport to and from the project
What is not included in the participation fee?
•Cost of drinks like soda, bear, mineral water etc. •Cost of sight seeing •Visa costs •Local traveling
Nairobi Children’s Home is a Government Institution under the Ministry of Gender, Children & Social Development. It is run by the Children’s Department. The Home was established in 1989 as a rescue centre and place of safety. The home has a capacity of 60 children but the population fluctuates from time to time. The influx is largely attributed to the breakdown of social norms, high poverty rate and HIV/AIDS scourge. It is the only Government Institution taking care of children in need of care and protection in their formative age that is 0-6 years. It stands on an eight acres piece of land. It vision is of a society where children become responsible citizens through fulfillment of their prescribed rights and welfare. Its main mission is to safeguard the rights and welfare of all children in Kenya through implementation of relevant policies, coordination, supervision and delivery of services.
Project activities:
Child guidance and counseling; Food, shelter and clothing; Comprehensive healthcare; Home tracing & family re-integration; Networking with Homes ran by NGO’s, Faith Based Homes, Community Based Homes to secure vacancies for placement; Education for the younger children through a nursery school.
Volunteer tasks:
Volunteers placed in this project will be involved in the programmes of the home which include:
Child guidance and counseling; Food, shelter and clothing; Comprehensive healthcare; Home tracing & family re-integration; Networking with Homes ran by NGO’s, Faith Based Homes, Community Based Homes to secure vacancies for placement; Education for the younger children through a nursery school.
Financial contribution:
Participation fees is Euro 200 per month paid upfront on arrival to cover the entire duration of placement at the project and monthly payment of participation fees is not allowed for conventional purposes.
What is included in the participation fee?
•Airport transfers •Accommodation and food while in the project (breakfast and dinner will be provided in project) •Orientation and evaluation including board •Transport to and from the project
What is not included in the participation fee?
•Cost of drinks like soda, bear, mineral water etc. •Cost of sight seeing •Visa costs •Local traveling
To contribute to the reduction of new infections and AIDS related morbidity and mortality for HIV free society in Kenya.
Service Delivery Areas:
1.Community home based care (CHBC) 2.Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) 3.HIV/AIDS counseling and testing (HTC)
Project activities:
- Activities on CHBC Community health workers training on community home based care and their engagement in the field activities Outreach events targeting PLHIV and home visits for PMTCT & CHBC - Activities on PMTCT Outreach events targeting pregnant mothers - Activities on HTC Mobilization forums for HTC and review meetings
Volunteer tasks:
To assist in coordination/review forums with community health workers, CHWS and peer educators; monitoring visits to community home based care sites to people living with HIV home visits; writing of monthly reports, quarterly and annual reports; participate in program quarterly review meetings and quarterly data quality assessments; implement program activities as per work plan and budget.
Financial contribution:
Participation fees is Euro 200 per month paid upfront on arrival to cover the entire duration of placement at the project and monthly payment of participation fees is not allowed for conventional purposes.
What is included in the participation fee?
•Airport transfers •Accommodation and food while in the project (breakfast and dinner will be provided in project) •Orientation and evaluation including board •Transport to and from the project
What is not included in the participation fee?
•Cost of drinks like soda, bear, mineral water etc. •Cost of sight seeing •Visa costs •Local traveling
The health facility built on 4 acres plot was initiated during the colonial era in 1940’s by the community with the aim of enabling the local people to have access to medication. The health center has the capacity to cater for 700 patients on a daily basis and it has 5 medical staff members including two casual workers. There is a building housing the main hospital and currently the maternity wing is under construction plus two staff houses. The health institution also offers an opportunity where the community members come together to enhance the process of implementation of community development activities and thus champion on a common course that is to improve the living standards of the local community members. The initiation of Nziu Health Center came in handy with the many challenges that affect the community. Their struggles can be defined as follows: Alcoholism, drug and substance abuse; unreliable and unevenly distributed rainfall; early pregnancy for teenage girls. The majority of community members are subsistence farmers whose harvest in not even enough to cater for the wellbeing of their families for a session. Due to poor farming techniques and the effects of harsh weather conditions there has been a series of environmental degradation, with which has come up several diseases that have affected the children such as malnutrition.
Project activities:
The facility offers health services to the local community members.
Volunteer tasks:
The volunteers will be assigned duties in the health facility according to your interest some of these duties will include:
record keeping, weighing, and general cleanliness among other duties in the center.
Financial contribution:
Participation fees is Euro 200 per month paid upfront on arrival to cover the entire duration of placement at the project and monthly payment of participation fees is not allowed for conventional purposes.
What is included in the participation fee?
•Airport transfers •Accommodation and food while in the project (breakfast and dinner will be provided in project) •Orientation and evaluation including board •Transport to and from the project
What is not included in the participation fee?
•Cost of drinks like soda, bear, mineral water etc. •Cost of sight seeing •Visa costs •Local traveling
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